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Jeremy Butler <[log in to unmask]>
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Legislation that is helpful to film/TV teachers, for a change.

I wonder exactly how this applies to film/TV clips on Websites.  I looked
up HR 2215 on the Library of Congress Website, but couldn't find the
section that applies to distance ed.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education
Tuesday, October 8, 2002

http://chronicle.com/free/2002/10/2002100801t.htm

Congress Eases Copyright Restrictions on Distance Education
By DAN CARNEVALE

Washington

President Bush is expected to sign a bill, passed last week, that would
open the door for professors to use some copyrighted works in online
courses without having to seek permission.

On Thursday, the Senate approved HR 2215, a bill authorizing spending for
the Department of Justice. The bill includes a provision that would ease
copyright law for online education. The House of Representatives passed the
same bill the previous week.

The legislation would amend the Copyright Act of 1976 so that
online-education instructors could use excerpts from recordings of dramatic
literary and musical works -- such as plays, musicals, and operas -- on
course Web sites without seeking permission from the copyright owners.
Under current law, only nondramatic literary and musical works can be used
in online courses without permission. Most copyrighted works can be used in
their entirety in a traditional classroom setting without permission.

The language was originally part of S 487, a bill called the Technology
Education and Copyright Harmonization Act, or TEACH Act.

Kim Kelley, associate provost for University of Maryland University
College, said the change in the law will allow professors to create
multimedia lessons for students using clips from various copyrighted works.

Under current law, professors are unsure whether they can use the same
copyrighted works online that they can use in their traditional courses,
Ms. Kelley said. And professors who ask permission often have to wait
months for an answer, only to find out that using the material would cost
them thousands of dollars.

The bill would somewhat level the playing field for online and traditional
classrooms, Ms. Kelley said. "That's a major breakthrough," she said.
"Until now, it's been a gray area, and nobody's been sure."

Copyright © 2002 by The Chronicle of Higher Education



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